titim

Irish

Alternative forms

tuitim

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuitim, from Old Irish tothaimm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪtʲəmʲ/

Noun

titim f (genitive singular titime)

verbal noun of tit
fall

Declension

Declension of titim

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	titim
Vocative	a thitim
Genitive	titime
Dative	titim

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an titim
Genitive	na titime
Dative	leis an titim don titim

Derived terms

titimeach (“falling, tending to fall; caducous”, adjective)
titimeán m (“dropper”) (fishing)
titimeas m (“epilepsy”)

Verb

titim

first-person singular present indicative/imperative of tit

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
titim	thitim	dtitim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “titim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “titim” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “titim” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 49

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